Halter.



4 PATBNTBD JULYzs, 1903; I. G.` LEWIS.-

'HALTER'. APPLIUATJON'TILBD Dna. 1a. 1901.

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/N VEA/fof? A TTOHN UNITED STATES Patented .Tuly 28,1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,903, dated July 28,1903. Application led December 18. 1901. Serial No. 86,393. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN GELDER LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fairfield, in the county of Clay and State ofNebraska, have invented anew and Improved Halter, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to halters, the object being to produce a neat,simple, and efficient device composed entirely of two pieces of rope andreadily adjustable to the heads of dier- 'ent-sized horses. My devicealso allows considerable freedom to the jaws of the animal. Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indi catecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my halter as applied to the head ofa horse, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the halter upon asomewhat-reduced scale. ,j j

The halter consists of two ropes l 2. The rope lis doubled upon itselfand secured by clasps 3 and 4, so as to constitute a flexible tie-straphaving two members, allowing the animal to move his jaws quit-e freely.This tie-strap engages the other rope 2, which is so formed as toconstitute cheek-pieces 6 7, a nose-piece 8, and the several other partsof the halter. Buckles 9 10 engage the rope, as shown, and are slidablymounted thereon. Clasps 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 secure the folds of therope together. A plurality of loops 16 17 18 are formed by the doublingof the rope, so that the knot 19 can be readily slipped between the twomembers of the rope, as shown in Fig. 2. This aords a secure fasteningwhich is adjustable-that is to say, the knot 19 can be removed from theloop`16and secured either in the loop 17 or 18. This renders thethroat-latch 5 adjustable. The throat-latch is rendered furtheradjustable by the fact that the knot 19 can be pulled a considerabledistance through either of the loops 16 17 18 and untied, a new knotbeing tied at a different point.V The clasps 20 and 21 secure thejaw-straps 22 and 23 to the two members of the bifurcated tie-strap.

The operation is as follows: `The buckles 9 10 are slipped upward ordownward, as desired, thus raising the cheek-pieces 6 and 7, so as tofit upon the head of any-sized horse. The throat-latch 5 is nextadjusted, which can be done by either of the two methods above setforth. The tie-strap being bifurcated'and engaging the j aw-strapsallows the animal to eat or move his jaws otherwise withoutinconvenience, as before stated. Moving the buckles 9 and 10 upward ofcourse raises and shortens the cheek-pieces 6 and 7 relatively to thenose-piece 8, while at the same time changing the size of the entirefront portion of the halter. It will be observed, therefore, that I havedevised a simple and efficient form of halter which can be cheaplyconstructed and is not liable to break. It can be operated by a farmhand of ordinary intelligence.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A halter comprising two flexible cords,

one of which is doubled upon itself and secured by clasps so as to forma tie-strap having two members movable relatively to each other to allowfreedom of the animals jaws, the other of said cords being doubled uponitself to form a plurality of loops, and also to form jaw-straps, saidjaw-straps being connected to said tie-straps,the latter of said cordsbeing so coiled as to form a head-strap, a nosepiece, cheek-pieces, anda throat-latch.

. 2. A halter comprising two flexible cords, one ofwhich is doubled uponitself and securedby clasps so as to form a tie-strap having two membersmovable relatively to each other to allow freedom of the animals jaws,the other of said cords being doubled upon itself to form a plurality ofloops, and also to form jaw-straps, said jaw-straps being connected tosaid tiestraps,the latter of said cords being so coiled as to form ahead-strap, a nosepiece, cheek-pieces, and a throat-latch, saidthroat-latch terminating at one end in a knot, said knot being free toengage said loops independently to adjust the length of saidthroat-latch, and means controllable at will for adjusting the positionof said cheek-pieces relatively to said nose-piece. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN GELDER LEWIS.

Witnesses:

F. D. HAs'rINGs, CHAS. H. EPPERSON.

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